Long Winter's Night

Storm hit in November
They called it thundersnow
I was driving on the Thruway
Outside of Buffalo
Snow blew off Lake Erie
For several days or more
Five feet high and rising
Worse than I have seen before

They had to move the Bills game
Played it in Detroit
My car broke down on the 8 Mile
A road I should avoid
Thought I'd see Wyoming
On the way to Malibu
Sure gets cold in Casper
It was -42 (minus 42)

It's been a long winter's night
But now the sun is out and bright
Everything's gonna be alright
I survived the shortest day
Then I drove the dark away
Now it's gone like yesterday
It's been a long winter's night

Atmospheric rivers
Flooding rain and snow
California shaking
As I left the wet west coast
To the Mississippi Delta
And through an EF4
An octave above thunder
And I won't forget the roar

Back home in the Catskills
Back to the great northeast
In time for a nor'easter
Trees tore down in the streets
Icy roads and power
Out crippling my hometown
I need a safe vacation
Where the sky is not falling down

It's been a long winter's night
But now the sun is out and bright
Everything's gonna be alright
I survived the shortest day
Then I drove the dark away
Now it's gone like yesterday
It's been a long winter's night
It's been a long winter's night

Storm hit in November
They called it thundersnow
I was driving on the Thruway
Outside of Buffalo
Snow blew off Lake Erie
For several days or more
Five feet high and rising
Worse than I have seen before

They had to move the Bills game
Played it in Detroit
My car broke down on the 8 Mile
A road I should avoid
Thought I'd see Wyoming
On the way to Malibu
Sure gets cold in Casper
It was -42 (minus 42)

It's been a long winter's night
But now the sun is out and bright
Everything's gonna be alright
I survived the shortest day
Then I drove the dark away
Now it's gone like yesterday
It's been a long winter's night

Atmospheric rivers
Flooding rain and snow
California shaking
As I left the wet west coast
To the Mississippi Delta
And through an EF4
An octave above thunder
And I won't forget the roar

Back home in the Catskills
Back to the great northeast
In time for a nor'easter
Trees tore down in the streets
Icy roads and power
Out crippling my hometown
I need a safe vacation
Where the sky is not falling down

It's been a long winter's night
But now the sun is out and bright
Everything's gonna be alright
I survived the shortest day
Then I drove the dark away
Now it's gone like yesterday
It's been a long winter's night
It's been a long winter's night